ملف ٤٢/ ١٩٣١ "ادعاءات الإغارة في مناطق نجد-شرق الأردن" [و‎‎٢‎٩‎١] (٩٣٠/٥٨٦)

No o <1)5X4 «
Office of the British Resident,
Trans*Jordan•
Annan, 19th November, 1950*
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to transmit for Your
Hixcoilency ¥ s consideration a Note prepared by Captain
Glubb on the policy for the control of the Trans
jordan desert, together with letailed estimates of
the cost of giving effect to his scheme,,
2 0 Captain Glubb's proposals were drawn up after
he had made a tour of the southern part of the Trans
jordan desert in company with Mr* A*b* Zirkbride and
had formed a personal appreciation of the situation
vflth which he is now called upon to deal* I understand
from Captain Glubb that the position in the Trans
jordan deserts is very similar to that existing in
the 8 Iraq deserts when they were placed under his
control.
In view of Slubb 9 & experience in the
3 Iraq and the success which attended the methods of
control he adopted in that country, I have no hesitation
in supporting the scheme he has formulated for Trans
jordan®
do At first sight the excess of the cost of
F:
this scheme over the provision originally made for
desert control appears large, but Captain Glubb
anticipates that, if he is giren the personnel and
equipment he now asks for, it will be possible for
the
Excellency
The High Commissioner for Trans-Jordan,
Jerusalem®